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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>JEREMIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 14
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Jeremiah prays because of dearth and famine—The Lord will not hear because of the wickedness of his people.
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The</span> word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> that came to Jeremiah concerning the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/14/1a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Famine.">dearth</a>.
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Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/14/2a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR dejected.">black</a> unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
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And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, <i>and</i> found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
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Because the ground is chapt, for there was no <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/14/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 3: 3.">rain</a> in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
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Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook <i>it,</i> because there was no grass.
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And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/14/6a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB jackals.">dragons</a>; their eyes did fail, because <i>there was</i> no grass.
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&#182; O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou <i>it</i> for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
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O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man <i>that</i> turneth aside to tarry for a night?
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Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man <i>that</i> cannot save?  yet thou, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, <i>art</i> in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
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&#182; Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/14/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Abstinence; TG Self-mastery.">refrained</a> their feet, therefore the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> doth not accept them; he will now remember their <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/14/10b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Apostasy of Israel.">iniquity</a>, and visit their sins.
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Then said the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> unto me, <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/14/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 7: 16; Jer. 11: 14.">Pray</a> not for this people for <i>their</i> good.
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When they fast, I will not <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/14/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 11: 24 (23-25); Mosiah 21: 15; D&C 101: 7 (6-8).">hear</a> their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/14/12b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 16: 4.">consume</a> them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
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&#182; Then said I, Ah, Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>!  behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/14/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 5: 12.">sword</a>, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
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Then the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said unto me, The <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/14/14a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG False Prophets.">prophets</a> prophesy <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/14/14b" mark="b" type="C" title="Jer. 27: 10; TG False Doctrine.">lies</a> in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/14/14c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Visions.">vision</a> and divination, and a thing of nought, and the <sup>d</sup><a href="jer/14/14d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Deceit.">deceit</a> of their heart.
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Therefore thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/14/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Authority.">sent</a> them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/14/15b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 44: 12.">consumed</a>.
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And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/14/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 79: 3.">bury</a> them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
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&#182; Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
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If I go forth into the field, then behold the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/14/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lam. 2: 21.">slain</a> with the sword!  and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine!  yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/14/18b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Israel, Scattering of.">land</a> that they know not.
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Hast thou utterly rejected Judah?  hath thy soul lothed Zion?  why hast thou smitten us, and <i>there is</i> no healing for us? we looked for <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/14/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 8: 15.">peace</a>, and <i>there is</i> no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
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We <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/14/20a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Confession.">acknowledge</a>, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, our wickedness, <i>and </i>the iniquity of our fathers: for we have <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/14/20b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 106: 6.">sinned</a> against thee.
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Do not abhor <i>us,</i> for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/14/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 106: 45.">covenant</a> with us.
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Are there <i>any</i> among the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/14/22a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE worthless idols of the nations.">vanities</a> of the Gentiles that can cause rain?  or can the heavens give <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/14/22b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 3: 3 (1-5).">showers</a>?  <i>art</i> not thou he, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> our God?  therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/14/22c" mark="c" type="A" title="Mosiah 4: 2; 3 Ne. 9: 15; D&C 14: 9; D&C 45: 1.">made</a> all these <i>things.</i>
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